John Benjamin Wright Jr. (1712 - bef. 1792)

Born 8 Nov 1712 in Cople, Westmoreland, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Bronaugh) Wright — married about 1728 in Fauquier County, Virginia

Descendants

Died before 27 Feb 1792 before age 79 in Liberty, Fauquier, Virginia, United States

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Biography

John was born on 8 November 1712 in Cople, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. He was the son of John Wright Sr. and Dorothy (Unknown) Wright.^[1]

John married (1) Elizabeth Darnell or Darnall about 1726 or 1733 in Virginia. (There is reason to believe that she may be the same as Elizabeth Bronaugh Darnall, widow of Waugh Darnall.)

John Wright married Elizabeth Bronaugh on 1 June 1745 in Fauquier, Virginia, United States. The couple had 3 children: John Wright, Mary Wright and Rosamond Wright.^[2]

Alternate Birth: "JOHN WRIGHT (II), son of John Wright & Dorothy, was born 1706/1707 (another source says he was born in October, 1700) in Copel Parrish, Lower Machodoc, Westmoreland Co., VA; died 27 Feb 1792 in Fauquier County, VA, buried at "Pine View.” "The Washington-Wright Connection" by Charles Arthur Hoppin, 1923, states: “John Wright, gentleman, vestryman, captain, justice and sheriff, was born in the "great house" on the Wright "manour plantation" on the Lower Machodoc peninsula in Westmoreland county, circa 1710, his parents John and Dorothy Wright, having married between 1705 and 1708, and his brother Francis having been born as the eldest son, there being no evidence as to the existence of any daughters of this marriage. Before exhibiting some of the numerous official records establishing the long life and honorable career of this younger son, who, alone of his father's children, survived to perpetuate the fame and name of this family in Prince William and Fauquier counties, Virginia." (portions not quoted)

"That John Wright, Gent., though powerless in the face of the law of primogeniture to prevent the sale of that fine estate near the western bank of the Potomac and on the northern side of Powell's run, did not approve the proceeding by his elder brother is fairly evident from subsequent records." "[The] track of land to which Capt. John Wright removed in 1741, from the estate of his deceased father three miles north of Dumfries, is situated about twenty miles west of Dumfries. The fact that Capt. Wright was a lawyer, vestryman and county officer at this time and a judge then or very soon afterward and so continued for thirty years, in addition to being a gentleman-farmer suggests that in removing further away from the county courthouse he must have had a supreme reason. This reason undoubtedly was that he had married Elizabeth Darnall. This is no record proof of this marriage; as none is likely to be discovered, the author does no go beyond the expression of his beliefe, hereby set down, that the Elizabeth, named in the will of Capt. John Wright, as his wife, as the daughter of WAUGH DARNALL, Gentl., and sister of the Jeremiah Darnall, Gentl., who accommodated Capt. Wright with a share of the estate of the deceased Waugh Darnall, thus still closer drawing these families together."

"The records describing him as "Captain" indicate that as a young men he received training in the colonial militia of Virginia, and upon his appointment as a judge in the county court he automatically became a caption in the militia." "That Captain Wright was not a Tory is certain for his sons William and James were American soldiers in that war, his son John having left Virginia for North Carolina in the year before the war."

"[|That in] 1787 he, his wife, unmarried daughters Rosamond and Mary, and son James Wright were living together on that remaining portion of the estate that the judge had purchased forty-six years earlier. The son William had a separate estate."

"Though the longest-lived of any of the Wrights, he maintained, during the reigns of three kings, one queen, a Council of State, and one president the prestige and English characteristics of his ancestors.. "He lived to see his second cousin, George Washington, twenty-two years younger, become the first president of the first genuine republic of the world." " [he had quite a few children] as he had thirty-three known grandchildren, not counting children by his daughter, Elizabeth, albeit his two other daughters died unmarried." His will names three sons and three daughters.

"By 1741 Capt John Wright embraces the estate of the late Samuel Robinson..." "This tract is described in modern deeds as "the old Major Wright Tract"; ;the major having been James Wright, to whom his father, Capt. John Wright (the first Wright owner of the land) bequeathed this land by his will dated 1 June, 1785." "This estate remained to the Wright descendants until sold to the said Samuel Robinson on 8 Nov 1847, by the great-great grandchildren of the said Capt. John Wright, namely Granville J. Kellyl and his wife Harriett E.; Elizabeth Taliaferro, John P. Kelly (in the right of Margaret J. Blackwell and Jane P. Kelly." "ON THIS ESTATE, John Wright and his wife Elizabeth lived for fifty years; in that private burial ground they were interred, as also two of their three daughters and one if not two of their three sons."

"John Wright was the first male member of the Wright family in America to live beyond middle age. he died shortly before 27 February, 1792, aged over eighty years, leaving a will dated 1 une, 1785. He repeated in a more extended way the professional careers of his father and grandfather." "His education and political preferment were the gift and inheritance from his father, but he soon made his individuality apparent." "He early entered into public affairs, and as he was a judge of the county court before 1743, he must have served in minor offices before that date."

"That He married Elizabeth (Darnall?) by 1733 is for certain for one of his sons was old enough to marry in 1753. He was the seventh judge, the sixth military officer, the second sheriff, and the seventh "gentleman", successively, in the American history of his ancestry."

"Well may we recount... that his great-great grandfathers were Lt. Col. Nathaniel Pope, gentleman and justice, and Col. John Mottrom, gentleman, justice, and burgess of the colony of Virginia; his great-grandfathers were Col. John Washington, gentleman, justice and burgess, and Capt Richard Wright, gentleman and justice; he was second cousin of General George Washington, First President; his grandfather Major Francis Wright was a justice and sheriff, while his father, John, was the sixth successive justice of Westmoreland and a founder of the county of Prince William. ...."he was a man of dignity and reserve, who held the respect and confidence of men."

Capt John Wright married Elizabeth Bronaugh, born 1710/1713 Prince William Co., VA; died about 1789 in Prince William County, VA. Elizabeth was the widow of Waugh Darnall, at the time of their marriage about 1728.

John and Elizabeth had the following children:

1) JOHN (III) WRIGHT * Capt. of Militia (b.30 Oct 1728-Prince William Co.,VA d.30 Oct 1789-Deep Creek,Surry Co.,VA)
| sp: ANN WILLIAMS * (b.15 Oct 1738-Fauquier Co.,VA m.1753 d.Oct 1825-Surry County,NC)
2) William WRIGHT (died1809-Franklin County,VA) (see article about William Wright)
3) Elizabeth WRIGHT (b.1741 d.Abt 1822-Fauquier Co.,VA) | sp: Shadrack PARLOW
4) Rosamond WRIGHT (b.1746 d.1804-Fauquier Co.,VA)
5) Mary WRIGHT (b.Abt 1745)
6) Maj./Rev. James WRIGHT
7) Francis WRIGHT
8) Richard WRIGHT^[3]

Title: Capt.^[1]

John died at the age of 79 on 27 February 1792 in Pine View Estate, near, Liberty, Fauquier Co., VA, USA.^[1]

Will of John Wright

Will of John Wright (From Robert N. Grant)

The will of John Wright dated on June 1, 1785, and probated on February 27, 1792, at Fauquier County, Virginia, W.B. 2/219

. . . .I give and desire and bequeath to my son James Wright all of that my land lying on the east side of the run, being part of the tract of land whereon I now live, in the County of Fauquier to him his Heirs & assigns forever. . . .

Item I give to my grand daughter Betsey Wright daughter to my son James Wright one negro named Jinny to her, her Heirs and assigns forever. . . . Item I give likewise to my two daughters Mary Wright & Rosamond Wright the plantation whereon I now live and all the land I hold lying on the west side of the said run above mentioned to them & their Heirs lawfully begotten of their bodys forever to be divided between the two as they can agree, and in case they die without such Heir. It is my Will and desire that the said land shall go to my son James Wright to him his Heirs & assigns for ever. ^[4]

Research Notes

Issues to be checked

Generated by WikiTree AGC. This section should be removed when all issues have been looked at.

• There is no source with source id 'S48'. GEDCOMPare typically does this when there is a source which is a record for a different person (such as the spouse). The ref is still added but is missing the source repository data.

Research Note regarding DNA

JOHN BENJAMIN WRIGHT (Capt/Judge) 1707–1792 BIRTH 2 OCT 1707 • Lower Machodoc Peninsula, Westmoreland, Colony of Virginia (British) DEATH 27 FEBRUARY 1792 • Liberty, Fauquier, Virginia, United States

DNA Connections It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:

~0.39% X DNA ~1.56% Julia Humphreys Find Relationship : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A208537 [compare], Ancestry member juliaakers96 [test details]

Comparing Kit LE6603287 (*Joseph Henry Caruth) [Ancestry] and Kit A208537 (*Brian’s mom) [Migration - F2 - A] Largest segment = 4.1 cM

Total Half-Match segments (HIR) 24.1cM (0.671 Pct)

7 shared segments found for this comparison. Chromosomes: 1,2,15,15, 17,18,20

414217 SNPs used for this comparison.

47.389 Pct SNPs are full identical

(shared by descendant Joseph Henry Caruth, whose 6th great-granduncle is John Benjamin Wright, 28 Jun 2023)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Death: Missing source ID S48. (accessed before 22 June 2017)
2. ↑ Marriage of John Wright and Elizabeth Darnall: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Descendants of Richard Wright,
   Descendants of Richard Wright.
3. ↑ Captain John Wright II Wright Family, page 4 Our Southern Cousins
4. ↑ Will of John Wright

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Volume 305.
• SAR Membership: 89269, State Membership: 1410 Kentucky, Ancestor No. 8, John Wright Sr ca 1710 (1707) -after June 1, 1885 (1891).
• View imageView record Record details Name John Wright Birth Date 1709 Death Date 1792 SAR Membership 60940 Role Ancestor Application Date 24 Mar 1942 Father Justice John Wright Mother Dorothy Aubry Spouse Elizabeth Darnell Children John Wright.

See also:

• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. Ancestry Family Trees
• Descendants of William Wright
• My Children's Family Tree: Information about John Wright
• The Wright - Fringer Family Tree of Va.: Information about John Wright Jr.